Why?
Explaining the Holocaust
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvi, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
An exploration of the most commonly asked questions about the Holocaust challenges misconceptions and discusses how no single theory fully explains the tragedy, drawing on a wealth of scholarly research and experience to offer new insights.
Contents:
Why another book on the Holocaust? -- Targets: why the Jews? -- Attackers: why the Germans? -- Escalation: why murder? -- Annihilation: why this swift and sweeping? -- Victims: why didn't more Jews fight back more often? -- Homelands: why did survival rates diverge? -- Onlookers: why such limited help from outside? -- Aftermath: what legacies, what lessons?
Subjects:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Causes.
Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Ethnic relations.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Causes.
Antisemitism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Persecutions -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Ethnic relations.
ISBN:
9780393254365
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Holocaust Hay | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/28/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-390) and index.